Search Details

Word: shapiros (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...excellent, her fine contralto voice and knack for slapstick evoking enthusiastic audience approval in the patter song, "There Is Beauty in the Bellows of the Blast." The whole production was helped greatly by the crisp singing of the on-and off-stage chorus, a tribute to Musical Director Norman Shapiro...

Author: By Joseph P. Lorenz, | Title: The Mikado | 4/17/1952 | See Source »

Point of No Return. In Milwaukee, Michael Shapiro was sentenced to three years in prison for income tax fraud, won a stay of sentence until he could finish making out his 1951 tax statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

Others in the competition were Jean W. Lunn '55, soprano; Anthony W. Morss '53, piano; James D. Wood, Sp., clarinet; Nurhan A. Adrian '54 and Shahan A. Adrian '54, piano duo; Jaroslav F. Hulka '52, French horn; Earl C. Ravenal '52 and Sandor S. Shapiro '54, violin duo; Rosemary MacKown '54, piano, and Vernon Head, viola...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sodality Picks Soloist For May 15 Concert | 2/16/1952 | See Source »

...Shapiro testified that on the spot he paid his visitors $5,000 on account. After a trip to Washington, Friedman reported that everything was "under control" and asked for more money. Again, said Shapiro, he called Delaney, and Delaney told him to pay, that everything was O.K. "I made out the check for $5,000," Shapiro told the jury, "and here I am." In two years thereafter, said Shapiro, the fix worked so well that no one from the collector's office ever had tried to collect his taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Success Story | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

...urbane Friedman, called to the witness stand, readily confirmed Shapiro's story. He had sold his services to a number of Boston firms. All his success as a fixer, he claimed, he owed to his friend, Denis Delaney. What had become of the fix money? He and Delaney had split it between them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Success Story | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

First | Previous | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 | 409 | Next | Last